SCHOOL
CROSSING GUARD
JOBS
The New York
City Police
Department is
seeking your
assistance in
the
recruitment
efforts of
School Crossing
Guards. The
Department
currently
has vacancies to
fill. The job
description is
as follows:

Duties and
Responsibilities

Under
general
supervision,
directs
pedestrian and
vehicular
traffic at
an assigned
school crossing;
performs related
work.

Examples of
Typical Tasks

Regulates
traffic, in
accordance with
traffic lights,
at an assigned
school crossing
to permit safe
crossing of
elementary
school children
and other
pedestrians
during specified
morning, noon
and afternoon
periods. Stops
vehicular
traffic to
permit safe
crossing if
there are no
traffic lights,
or if the
traffic lights
are defective,
at the assigned
school crossing.
Notifies
supervisor of
defective
traffic lights
or
signs. Reports
incidents of
traffic
violations at
assigned
location.

There are no
formal
requirements of
education or
experience,
however all
candidates must
be able to
understand and
be understood in
English.
Prospective
candidates must
pass a
qualifying
medical
examination and
a character
investigation.
School Crossing
Guards work five
(5) hours per
day for a
maximum of 25
hours per week.
Schedules may
vary by the
school but
generally are
from 7:00 a.m.
to 9:30 a.m. and
1:30 p.m. to
4:00 p.m.

The starting
rate of pay is
$9.88/ hour.
Every effort is
made to assign
guards to a
school crossing
within the
confines of the
resident
precinct
or a neighboring
precinct. School
Crossing Guards
are eligible to
enroll
in a
City-sponsored
health insurance
program if they
work twenty (20)
hours a week on
a steady basis.